Festen

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Event Festen
Venue Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2006
First Date 4 August 2006
Opening Date 9 August 2006
Last Date 23 September 2006
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Based on the play and film by Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov and Bohr Hansen. Helge, the patriarch of a chain of restaurants, is celebrating his sixtieth birthday and everyone is coming home from the party including Helge's sons, Christian, Michael and his daughter Helene. Missing from the roster of invitees is Christian's twin sister, Linda, who recently committed suicide. The reason for her action and the repercussions from it, form the basis of the shocking and painful events that transpire during a twenty-four hour period.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Adaptation
Subjects Celebrations
Family
Sexual abuse
Suicide
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nicholas Bell Actor
Julia Blake Actor
Beatrice Bradley Actor child actor
Melinda Butel Actor
Ditch Davey Actor
Jason Donovan Actor
Julie Eckersley Actor
Jessica Evans Actor child actor
Emily Farrell Actor child actor
Kim Gyngell Actor
Bob Hornery Actor
Chris Kirby Actor
Alex Menglet Actor
John Stanton Actor
Kat Stewart Actor
Greg Ulfan Actor
David Eldridge Adaptor
Christine Steiner Assistant Stage Manager
Ian McDonald Composer
Shaun Gurton Designer
Simon Phillips Director
Felicity Steel Fight Director
Matt Scott Lighting Designer
Alyson Brown Stage Manager
Bohr Hansen Writer
Mogens Rukov Writer
Thomas Vinterberg Writer
Works
Text Nationality Denmark
England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Cast List MTC Records
Event Identifier 68482
Dataset AusStage